Bledisloe III - Voting age!

[Len]

Coles treats Mumm like a bitch, then scores.

lol

[Len]

Almost feel for the wallabies, they'll end up being eaten by 40-odd but it's been a much closer game than that.

No chance from me.

Fuck em.

[zer0]

J.Savea really looks to be quite an unbalanced runner. Always looks like he's going to topple forward.

[zer0]

Not sure why Cruden didn't just have a go himself. Pivoting and throwing a pass like that on the move is always going to be difficult.

[dk4]

No sky so reading updates. Cant wait for the game against Ireland.

[zer0]

No sky so reading updates. Cant wait for the game against Ireland.

Result below if you're looking for it.

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AB's won 37-10.

Was a fairly scrappy effort that was made to look good on paper by a flourish in the final 10-15 minutes. One positive to come out if it is that it may work to keep Cruden in NZ.

[canta_brian]

None too pretty but they got over the line and we're once again pretty ruthless at the end.

[zer0]

I think this match showed the (understandable) gulf in captaincy skills between Read and McCaw. Read really needed to reign things in early in the second half but didn't/wasn't able to. He was fortune that Haylett-Petty committed an ultimately needless penalty which stopped the game from getting to squeaky bum time.

[J Dory]

Deep breath Cas.

[Len]

He has a point. The Coles Foley chase could have been a penalty try and yellow on any other day too.

[Spy]

He has a point. The Coles Foley chase could have been a penalty try and yellow on any other day too.

That's the thing. Both of those decisions could have gone either way. 1-1. Pretty much a wash.

[Len]

Owens awards the Speight try, crucified by kiwis. Denies the try, whinging Aussie onslaught. He was never going to win no matter his descision.

[Spy]

Kind of an irrelevant note, I suppose, but the Haylett-Petty obstruction was spotted live by the crowd. Immediate yells for a penalty, followed by boos. It wasn't one of those situations where the broadcaster starts showing footage on the big screen and the crowd goes "Hey. Hey, what the... BOO! BOO!". It looked marginal live. Still, it could've been adjudicated either way imo, and that's just rugby. It was a good piece of play.

That aside, more impressive defence from NZ. Australia pressed hard for long periods, but only broke us the once. Best game I've seen Australia play all year, despite the scoreline. I think they're on the improve. They needed to be, mind you.